AN ALBUM OF OLD POOLE. by Beamish (Derek), Dockerill (John), Hillier (John) and Smith (Graham)

Poole Historical Trust 1975 1st Edition. Size 8.0 x 11.25 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dust wrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. Pages not numbered. With 226 b/w photographs, and other illustrations. A history of Poole through old photographs. Black and white photographs throughout. Victorian and Edwardian photographs by professional and amateur photographers. The photpgraphs have all been researched individually by the authors and the text contains much information that has remained unpublished until now. Poole as it progressed from ‘The Age of Sail’ into the Twentieth Century.

Poole, Dorset: Poole Historical Trust, 1975. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY GRAHAM SMITH, without dedication or inscription on verso of front endpaper. Graham Smith was the book designer. Profusely illustrated with 226 photographs of Victorian and Edwardian Poole in Dorset. Neat unobtrusive previous owner signature on front endpaper; d/w has tiny losses to top two corners; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY GRAHAM SMITH. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Graham Smith. First edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Poole: Poole Historical Trust. Minimal wear, a crisp and tight copy. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 1979.

Poole. Dorset UK: Poole Historical Trust, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 7th Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This book is a unique record of life in Victorian and Edwardian Poole as seen through the eyes of the local amateur and professional photographers. It contains 226 original photographs from the earliest days of photography to the eve of the Great War. The boards, and text block are square, tight and clean, the dust jacket has light wear to the top front corner and scratching to the front panel. Book price includes 2nd class postage in UK only. This book are photographed as proof against in-transit damage.